Potier is a surname, meaning potter. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfred Potier
Alfred Potier (11 May 1840 - 8 May 1905) was a French polymath who contributed to many theoretical and practical fields of science when this was rapidly expanding. His interests covered mainly mathematical physics, the nature of light and the eth ...
(1840–1905), French polymath
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Benoît Potier
Benoît Potier (; born 3 September 1957) is a French businessman who was CEO of the French multinational industrial gas company Air Liquide from 2006 to 2022, and is now chairman.
Education
Potier graduated with an engineer's degree from Écol ...
(born 1957), French businessman
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Charles Potier
Charles Joseph Édouard Potier, called Charles (Bordeaux, 1806 – Asnières-sur-Seine, 28 April 1870) was a 19th-century French actor and playwright.
A son of Charles-Gabriel Potier, Charles was an actor at the Théâtre des Variétés (1826), ...
(1806–1870), French actor and playwright
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Dominique Potier
Dominique Potier (born 17 March 1954) is a French Socialist politician who has represented Meurthe-et-Moselle's 5th constituency in the National Assembly of France since 2012.
Potier was re-elected in the 2022 French legislative election
Legi ...
(born 1954), French politician
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Edgard Potier
Dominique Edgard Antoine Potier (2 November 1903 – 11 January 1944) was a Belgian people, Belgian airforce officer during World War II who organised an MI9 escape and evasion network, known as ''Mission Martin'' in Belgium and the ''Possum Line'' ...
(1903–1944), Belgian military officer
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Jérôme Potier
Jérôme Potier (; born 18 July 1962) is a French tennis coach and former professional player.
He was the coach of Josselin Ouanna, Marc Gicquel and Thierry Ascione
Thierry Ascione (; born 17 January 1981) is an ATP tennis coach and a for ...
(born 1962), French former tennis player
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Joseph Potier
Joseph Potier (5 May 1768, Saint-Malo — 10 November 1830Cunat, p.410) was a French privateer and slave trader. He was one of the lieutenants of Robert Surcouf.
Early life
Joseph Potier was born to a family of low nobility of Saint-Malo. His moth ...
(1768—1830), French privateer
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Pierre Potier
Pierre Potier (22 August 1934 – 3 February 2006) was a French pharmacist as well as a chemist. He held the position of Director of the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (1974 to 2000), as well as a teaching position at the Muséum ...
(1934–2006), French pharmacist
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Pierre-Philippe Potier
Pierre-Philippe Potier (also Pottié, Pottié, or Pothier; April 21, 1708 in Blandain, Hainaut, Belgium – July 16, 1781 in what is now Windsor, Ontario, Canada), was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary to the Hurons in New France, and lexicog ...
(1708–1781), Belgian Jesuit priest and lexicographer
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Suki Potier
Melanie Susan Potier (14 November 1947 – 23 June 1981), better known as Suki Potier, was an English model.
Early life
Potier was born in Surrey, England. Her father was Gilbert Potier, and her mother was Mary (nee Moore) Potier. Potier ha ...
(1947–1981), English model
See also
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Pottier Pottier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Edmond Pottier (1855–1934), German-born French art historian and archaeologist
* Édouard Pottier (1839–1903), French admiral
* Eugène Edine Pottier (1816–1887), French revolu ...
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Potter (name) Potter is an English surname that originally referred to someone who made pottery. It is occasionally used as a given name. People with the name include:
Surname
* Albert Potter (1897–1942), English footballer
* Alexandra Potter (born 1970), Brit ...
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House of Potier
Surnames
Surnames of French origin
French-language surnames
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